Rudolf II, Duke of Austria

Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270-10 May 1290) was Duke of Austria from 1282 to 1283, succeeding Rudolf I of Germany and preceding Albert I of Germany.

Biography
Rudolf was the youngest son of the future King Rudolf I of Germany (from the House of Habsburg) and his first wife Gertrude of Hohenberg, and his father vested Rudolf and his brother (the future Albert I of Germany) with the duchies of Austria and Styria after conquering them from the slain King Ottokar II of Bohemia. Rudolf was co-ruler of Austria with his brother from 1282 to 1283, and he later gave up his claim to the throne of Germany with the expectation of compensation. When he died at the young age of 20 in 1290, Albert forgot about his debts to Rudolf and his son, who would become known as John Parricida after he killed Albert in 1308.